North Bay Nugget from North Bay, Ontario, Canada • 19

The Xorlh Hay Nugget Will April 14 1971 19 Looking at Sport Uy I Herald Desormeau Jackie hot hitting streak keeping Gene Alley on bench The Astros who took un early iund struck buck uguinst Mike I New York for the second time I homer of the season gave Mont-3-0 lead roll behind 4-3 when the Torrez in the lust frame this season scattering eight Met real a 2-9 lead in Die second for Lards broke a tie in the eighth Steve Kenko beat hits John first Jail the runs the Expos NOIIA faces problem opening day I ever claims Expos9 coach Don Zimmer and keyed a seventh-inning rally with a single in the Cincinnati success In addition to his hits Bench hit a screamer that waa caught at the warning track in left field Bench jumped on a Pul Jarvis offering and sailed it into tlrej left field seuts in the third inning A walk to Tony Perez u' single by Bench and an KBI single by Willie Smith gave the Reds a 5-1 lead and what proved to be their winning run The Braves scored three times in the eighth before reliever Joe Gibbon nipped the uprising with a double play pitch Don eighth-inning single scored Jose Ortiz with the winning run for Chicago Ortiz walked to start the rally was sacrificed to second and roared home on Keasinger's bullet between shortstop and third base The loss was the third straight for Dodger ace Bill Singer who only gave the Cubs two hits in the first six innings Joe bases-fiiled single and Norm Miller'i three-run homer with two out in the ninth carried Houston over St Louis By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gene Alley short top fur yeur I sitting on the bench hoping Jackie Hernandez' hot hitting etreak will cool off Alley who Buffered a broken hand in apring training and now Ik ready to play waa replaced liy Hernandez an American League caatoff with a 209 lifetime batting average in five major league seasons But Hemundez is playing out of character clouting 444 with six RBI including a three-run homer Tuesday night that helped the Pirates whip Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 could be says Alley he's doing such a good Job they afford to take him Elsewhere in the National League Cincinnati Reds nudged Atlanta Braves 5-4 Chicago Cubs shaded Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2: Houston Astros out-scored St Louis Cardinals 9-4 and Montreal Expos mauled New York Meta 4-1 The Sun Diego-San Francisco contest was wiped out by rain BENCH HOMERS AGAIN Johnny Bench uncorked his third home run in two nights MONTREAL (CP) The exuberant support fans ut Jarry Park give their favorite baseball team Montreal continued Tuesday a a the Expoe opened their third National League home schedule And opening day went on without a hitch as the Expos scored a 4-1 victory over New York Mets before 21996 spectators can happen for the Gene Mauch manager of the third-year Montreal club said can't say enough about the funs here and the people in our organization who have come through every opening game" just might be the best opening day I ever saw" suid Don Zimmer who joined the Expos us their third base cuafh this season great TEAM DELIGHTS THEM The Expos delighted the home crowd who turned out despite overcast skies and a cord 41 degreea sewing single runs in each of the first three innings and adding another in the eighth Ron Hunt acquired in a trade from San Francisco Giants scored the run in the first inning on Bob choice John Bateman's first home run of the year accounted for the Expos's second run and they added a third on a throw ing error by Ken Boswell to the plate on a delayed steal which allowed Bailey to score the execution was made properly except the throw to the plate that allowed Bailey to said Meta manager Gil Hodges have to take advantage of the other mistake and what Montreal did today pitched a good game for them He got the outs when he needed SCATTERS HITS Renko was tagged for eight hits but kept them well scattered The Meta scored their only run in the eighth inning on a double by Bud Harrelson and a triple by Cleon Jones The Montreal right-hander who now is 2-6 on the with both wine coming against New York credited come of his success to an active change-up didn't depend too much on any one pitch and I throwing smoothly added But moat of the taBc la the Expoe clubhouse centred an the fane Among the crowd was William Davie premier of Ontario "Fabulous1 said Hunt fane are groat1 day will be like today if we get in a pennant race" added outfielder Boots Day fact there'll be more people They'll be standing outside around the fence SIMPSONS-SEARS Terry Taientino president of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association has called a ieciai meeting of his executive Saturday at the NOIIA offices in Memorial Gardens and one of the main issues to be voted upon is the application of Sudbury Wolves for a franchise in the Ontario Hockey Association The Wolves are member of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League In a Canadian Press story Tuesday Tubby Schmalz of Walkerton OHA president was quoted as saying he had never heard of an NOHA president voting before This came about when Taientino informed April 4 tlmt the vote taken at the NOHA meeting at that time was illegal because the NOHA president did not get to vote Taientino said Tuesday the meeting will consider voting procedures which resulted in a 5-3 deadlock created by own vote after the rest of the executive had voted 5-4 to relesise the Sudbury group far as 1 am concerned the NOHA president has the right to vote" said Taientino know where Schmali got his information but after the meeting of April 4 my own executive gave me the right to vote Every one agreed that I should have a Schmalz or a representative from the OHA lias tiie right to vote for or against the Sudbury application and Taientino feels he too us a president has that right Schmalz or his representative can vote on such a contentious issue then I firmly feel that I too should get a HHid Taientino Voting on Saturday will be done by the past president of the NOHA the first and second vice-presidents five members of the NOIIA executive Schmalz or his representative and Taientino Taientino also reported every voting member has been notified and if they are unable to attend a proxy vote must be aent in time for meeting Other matters concerning the NOHA will also be discussed but the Sudbury vote should capture most of the attention Tough competition for curler Greg Moon and his Sturgeon Falls Secondary School rink have just returned from the fourth annual International Junior curling championships at the East York Curling Club and although they won only one game conch Dave McEnteer was happy true we won only one he said "but the rink played well In three of the games we were close until the final end and we seemed to be getting stronger hh the tournament Against Scotland the Sturgeon curlers lost on the last rock and they also had a close game against Gananoque the eventual champion 111th Moon were Rene Cousineau vice Dan Dumont second and Mike Cockburn lead The Sturgeon curlers were invited to the 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Regularly 9260 night in his 1971 debut wax tagged for all five Boston runs before leaving for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning He gave up seven hits including homers by Carl Yastrzemski and Duane Josephson Elsewhere in the American League Kansas City Royals downed Minnesota Twins 5-3 in a game marked by seven hit batsmen Oakland Athletics blanked Milwaukee Brewers 2-6 behind Vida Blue's two-hitter California Angels topped the Chicago White Sox 3-1 in 10 'n-ningi and New York Yankees beat Detroit Tigers 5-2 The Bul-timore-Cleveland game was rained out home run after a second-inning single by George Scott started McLain's undoing at Washington Yastrzemski unloaded in the third end the Red Sox added runs in the fourth and fifth offsetting three unearned Washington tollies SINGLE DECIDES IT Lou two-run single in the seventh was the deciding blow in the victory over Minnesota The winners acored three limes in the fifth on just one hit double by Paul plus four walks and a ground out Four Twins and three Ruyalx were hit by stray pitches tying the American League single-gome mark of seven hit batsmen set by Washington and Detroit In 1914 Blue Oakland's 21-year-old southpaw held the Brewers to a pair of singles on the way to his second straight shutout victory Don Mincher delivered both rani with a single and double Run-scoring singles by pinch-hitter Billy Cowan and Alex Johnson in the IIHh carried the Angels pust Chicago pinning the White Sox with their fourth consecutive loss Sian Biihnnen weathered II Detroit hits und contributed i run-scoring triple to the New York Hi tuck us Iho Yankees look liirlr home opener Denny McLain's fast ball ajn and followed closely by McLain himself after a faulty second fling for Washington Senators harder 1 threw it the harder they hit it" McLain said Tuesday night following his enriy departure in the 5-3 km to Boston Red Sox McLain winner last Friday LINESCORES Xalkmal Uses Tsewtey HOT Yalfe MM MSI I 8 8 HmMM 15 OsHkiy (0-3) Hears (7) unrt anile Renko (3(ii Mid Bu tell Bateman (I) ion ensissis-4 Bllllnuhmm Culver (Ml Miter 19) Mid Krtwnrflx: Turre (0-1) Tftylur (9 Bruii-t (9) sod Bimmons HR: Walwn ft) Miller (I) ('JaskmaU 5 111 Attests IMS SSI 1 HI Qwllstt (1-0) OnuiRrr Ik) Oil Ixki (8) and Bench: Jarvis (0-3) Kino (3) Upshaw (9) and Kinu HH: Aaron (Si PMMhslXh IIS Philadelphia SMSMSSO-S 7 Walker Nelson (SI Brlten I-II (SI slid Kaiixuilli'n: Hlmrt ro-5) Selma (ft) Champion and I Iran MnCarvt-r (k) IIKx: I'll Banmilllen (1) Hi-mandi-s (Ip Brlles (1) Robertson (3) Ktur-sell (5) I'hteMe SIS IMS It 7 II Up Aepetea 3M IMS 1 PappuR HMD und luidoliili rarer (0-3) Hlkkrlnrn (Ml und Hln is Muller (i IIR: pltone (3) Amrrlrsn Lrirse Oak lead III MM ee Mllaaiikee MS MM MM -j Blue (3-1) anil Lniiu-itii: khiis (0-1) and lloof liodrluu-x (9) lMndt (NM Ml ISS 3 II I Xaw 'sfh (MS SI I ft a Ktekm (0-3) Kilkenny IB) () Hannan (7l Tlmm-r-uuia 7) anil Kn-rhnn: Hnhnwin jfl-l) and Miiiume HRsi NY while (3) Cssh (I) CoUfers la MS Ml MM 1 7 3 ('Means SMMI MM 8 I Msssnrsmllh LnKnrhe fl-dl (HI nnd Tnrhnnr Husoa (Mi Bradley Romo (1-1) (Hip (Iipi Ki-alny (l(P) Mid lli'rmiiiiiii JSipin (II)) HimIihi mi ill a Washlusles SMMMSIll it 3 I KinlH-il Pl-0) lyli- IH) mill Ji-b-Hisoii Mrlain (Hi lix (ill One-lulu (k) I'lna (Hi iiihI t'ufi-ryivu HRe: JiwiJiimiii ill YiMliwiiixkl (ll -HlaaoMita IM IMSIII 1 Kasim I lly SMSMTUs 5 I linrln-r tVilliiun (h-li I vn ranoakl (7) mid MllterwcM I India (: lli-dliiiKl (3iii (k) York i7) Ate-dintliv im mid Klrkimlrk-k III! 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